Downs, difficulty of building on, 21 earthworks on, 26, 27 roads across, fewness of, 34 system of dew pans, 25 uninhabited, 19 villages to south of, 29 villages under escarpment of, 28 woods of, 22, 23 South, backbone of Sussex, 2 contour of, 9 direction of axis of, 10 nature of, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 _see also_ South Downs Duncton, mentioned in Doomsday, 105 Eartham, Manor of, history of, 129 Earthworks on Downs, 26, 27 Eastbourne, 141 Eastergate, mentioned in Doomsday, 105 Ecclesiastical power in Rape of Chichester, 115, 116 Edward the Confessor, importance of reign of, 68 Egdean, example of sand formation in the Weald, 14 English counties, their characteristics, 1, 2 Felpham, mentioned in Doomsday, 105 Feudalism, strength of, in Sussex, 78 Firle Beacon, 179 Fittleworth, its position on Western Rother, 36 Fitz Alans, successors to the de Albinis, 106 Five Oaks Green, on Stane Street, 58 Flint, method of building with, 30, 31, 32 Forest Ridge, 8, 11, 12 Fortification, primitive, example of at Kithurst Hill, 175 Frant, 90 Fulcking, on old British trackway under the Downs, 15 Gainsford, family of, 126 Godwin, a Sussex man, 68 his estates in Sussex, 69 Goring, family of, 126 Goring, mentioned in Doomsday, 105 Graffham, mentioned in Doomsday, 116 example of sand formation in the Weald, 14 Manor and history of, 129 Gumber Corner, view from, 163-173 Hailsham, mentioned in Doomsday, 91 Halnecker Hill, on Stane Street, 55 Harbours, nature of Sussex, 3 Hardham, mentioned in Doomsday, 105 Monastery of, arises on the Roman Road, 118 Roman camp at, on Stane St., 56 Hasting, the pirate, his raid, 66, 93 Hastings, Battle of, 71-74 Castle of, 93-97 example of value of a beach, 4 importance of beach to early shipping, 93-95 name of, 93 origins of, 93-97 Rape of. _See_ Rape of Hastings Hastings Bay, method of crossing, 183 “Hastings Plain,” site of Battle of Hastings, 71 Hayward’s Heath, 13 Henfield, mentioned in Doomsday, 101 Heyshott, example of sand formation in the Weald, 14 mentioned as Percy Land, 117 Highden, original home of the Gorings, 176 Horsham, pronunciation of name of, 150 rises in thirteenth century, 101, 102 Houghton, crossing of Arun at, 111, 112 Houghton Forest, 113 Howards, successors to Albinis, 106 successors to Mowbrays, 100, 101 Hurstpierpoint, survey of Rape of Lewes, 83 Invasion, Saxon, of Sussex, 60-64 Iron industry, importance of to Rape of Pevensey, 90 Iron industry of Weald, antiquity of, 59 Juniper Hall, on Stane Street, 54 Keymer, survey of Rape of Lewes, 83 Kithurst Hill, 175 Knepp Castle, 104 Lancing, mentioned in Doomsday, 101 Landscapes of Sussex, 150-155 Lavington, example of sand formation in the Weald, 14 on old British trackway under the Downs, 15